Starlink

[Ricki Bobby]

That's the email I received as well

 

[S.W.A.T.]

soooo its a internet dish? why so special?

 

[DRD]

soooo its a internet dish? why so special?

The promise it won’t suck like xplornet or Telus hub??

 

[S.W.A.T.]

waiting for reviews on that....

The promise it won’t suck like xplornet or Telus hub??

 

[ABMax24]

soooo its a internet dish? why so special?

Traditional internet dishes take a signal from a geostationary satellite roughly 36,000km off the earths surface. That signal takes 500-600ms (0.5-0.6 seconds) round trip to reach your satellite dish (also called latency), which decreases response time and makes online gaming impossible for those that do such a thing.

Starlink uses satellites in low earth orbit (LEO) that are 550km above the surface, this takes the latency down to around 30-40ms (0.03-0.04 seconds) which is better than most people get on DSL and even fiber connections in a lot of cities. Starlink is also supposed to be able to support speeds much higher than that of geostationary satellites.

 

[Cdnfireman]

Gonna be interesting to see how well it works. Theoretically the science is there for the latency and speed figures. The real unknown is how badly the CRTC is gonna **ck it up for Canadian users. Once Telus, bell and Shaw send their lobbyists to Ottawa, I see the price and taxes driving the price up to many hundreds of dollars per month. God forbid we Canadians in the rural areas have a system that is viable and cost effective.

 

[ABMax24]

Gonna be interesting to see how well it works. Theoretically the science is there for the latency and speed figures. The real unknown is how badly the CRTC is gonna **ck it up for Canadian users. Once Telus, bell and Shaw send their lobbyists to Ottawa, I see the price and taxes driving the price up to many hundreds of dollars per month. God forbid we Canadians in the rural areas have a system that is viable and cost effective.

I really wouldn't worry about that, I can get Gigabit speed internet for about the same price as Starlink. Realistically 6 times the speed for the same price. Starlink won't really compete in cities, where it will shine is where these companies don't operate. The businesses that will complain are those like xplornet as Starlink will wipe them off the map.

 

[Tchetek]

I really wouldn't worry about that, I can get Gigabit speed internet for about the same price as Starlink. Realistically 6 times the speed for the same price. Starlink won't really compete in cities, where it will shine is where these companies don't operate. The businesses that will complain are those like xplornet as Starlink will wipe them off the map.

Please god give me starlink!

 

[TROLLCAT]

Please god give me starlink!

I feel your pain ......... I have 2 xplornet dishes

rep your post

 

[jhurkot]

Package just arrived in Calgary. Might be a chance it's delivered today.

 

[S.W.A.T.]

I feel your pain ......... I have 2 xplornet dishes

rep your post

We use a local company called Starlynx, not bad but it does piggy back off the telus tower. I would be interested to see if this new dish is cost effective. Currently pay $84/month for unlimited use.

 

[TROLLCAT]

We use a local company called Starlynx, not bad but it does piggy back off the telus tower. I would be interested to see if this new dish is cost effective. Currently pay $84/month for unlimited use.

Between the 2 dishes over $200.00 a month, and there always tryin to frigger out how to charge more

 

[S.W.A.T.]

Between the 2 dishes over $200.00 a month, and there always tryin to frigger out how to charge more

We were paying that with telus or rogers on the hubs. But you dont have cell reception up there do you?

 

[Cdnfireman]

I really wouldn't worry about that, I can get Gigabit speed internet for about the same price as Starlink. Realistically 6 times the speed for the same price. Starlink won't really compete in cities, where it will shine is where these companies don't operate. The businesses that will complain are those like xplornet as Starlink will wipe them off the map.

You obviously have more faith in the government than I do....the CRTC has stood by and watched as the big providers have either predatory priced competitors out of existence or bought them out to continue their monopolies.That’s why Canada has the most expensive cell phone and internet fees in the world. I’m thinking that starlink will be labeled as an “American “ system and using it will be illegal just like the American satellite tv systems are now. The only reason the rural internet companies haven’t been forced out of business yet is the fact that they’re not competing in an area where the big providers care about.

 

[TROLLCAT]

We were paying that with telus or rogers on the hubs. But you dont have cell reception up there do you?

No cell towers here

 

[Trashy]

We use a local company called Starlynx, not bad but it does piggy back off the telus tower. I would be interested to see if this new dish is cost effective. Currently pay $84/month for unlimited use.

That's a really good rate. We pay $80/month for internet only, through Shaw cable(hard line) in Calgary

 

[Tchetek]

We use a local company called Starlynx, not bad but it does piggy back off the telus tower. I would be interested to see if this new dish is cost effective. Currently pay $84/month for unlimited use.

Mines unlimited too....

But barely works! So not using Fawk all.

 

[jhurkot]

 

[Cyle]

The promise it won’t suck like xplornet or Telus hub??

Depends on your location I guess, my telus hub is great.

 

[Ricki Bobby]

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